The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-17


the next move will be in the direction Of
new full dress uniforms.
The County Commissioners, Mt their re-
cent meeting, raised the assessment on a
great deal of st. Augustine property, The
amount of increase is about Sl0O,0OO, but
this does not include any of the buildings
erected during the present year. The entire
valuation of the county viii show an enor-
nous increase over last year.
There appears to be an unwillingness on
the part OF few members of st. Augustine
Battery to attend the State encampmeut,
and some of them are already making ex-
cuses These will find that soldering is not
now all pastime, and that the oath they
took upon their enlistment, is binding, and
its obligations not to be trifed with,
An Indian pot and jug belonging to Madi-
son Snowden is on exhibition at Oxford He
found them on Mill creek several months
ago with some other relics The pot is
made of clay, will hold about five quarts,
and is typical specimen of redskin pot
terry, but the jug has an appearance that
suggests that it was made with machinery.
d. B. Usina has secured the contract for
furnishing milk for the Ponce de Leon Ho-
tel at st. Augustine. The quantity has not
yet been decided upon, but will probably
range from 300 to 800 quarts per day. Mr..
Usna will shortly order herd of the finest
milk cows, in addition to the large number
now III his dairy farm at Red House Branch.
AT the late meeting of the st. Johns
County Commissioners it was decided to
construct a drive road, which will be an inl-
portant attraction to St. Augustine. The
road will start from point at the end Of
the shell road, and will run westerly, cross
ing the head of the st. Sebastian to Red
House branch, distance of two miles
From there it will run in a straight line
southeast to the sand hills in New Angus
tine intersection with King street.
In the MORNING NEWS special of Aug. 6,
from Jacksonville, in which mention was
made of the murder of Engineer Grant Con-
nor,and the sinking of the steamer Twilight,
occurs the statement that "Houghton and
his wife, and old man Henry Kane, who
were arrested on suspicion, had a prelini-
nary hearing to-day in Green Cove Spring,
and, after rigid examination, were dis
charged Mrs. Houghton writes that the
statement that either she or her husband
had been arrested for the Grant Conner
crime, or that any charge Of any kind had
been made against them in connection with
that affair, is without foundation. The re-
port, which appears to have been unbound
ed, was circulated in Jacksonville, where
the correspondent heard it,
Arcadia Arcadidn: Mr.. Emmerson, of
Taylor, Williamson county, Texas, a
brother of the man who was found in
the scrub, few weeks ago, arrived in Area
dia Thursday. Mr. Emmerson says that
his brother left his home last November
with about $500, saying that he intended TO
go to st. Louis in search of employment
His parents heard of his safe arrival there,
but have heard no intelligence of him since
They were much worried on account of
not hearing from him, and were totally
ignorant as to his whereabouts. When
AlonZo Emmerson was brought to
Arcadia he dropped postal to cousin,
merely saying that he was alive This pos
tai was received on the same day that q let
ter from W. E.. Daniel was received
by Emmerson's father. Mr. EN-
Alonzo and he would come down and get
him. His telegram was received too late,
as Alonzo had left Arcadia the day before.
Mr.. Richards sent Brit Waldron out III
search of him. Mr.. Waldron learned from
Andrew Albritton that Alonzo had been
there the day before, but after lay
ing in a supply of food had taken
his departure, where, he knew
not Mr.. Waldron secured the services of
Tom Efe Williams, hunter who knew every
foot of the sand-hil country, and searched
for him for two days without success. After
posting the people of the Fish Eating Creek
settlement, Mr. Waldron returned TO Area
dia and awaited the arrival of the brother.
Since then nothing has been done, until
Thursday, when Mr. Emmerson engaged
Brit Waldron and Dick Smith to
60 with him in search of his wandering
brother. He expects to get Tom Williams,
Gideon Albritton and several from Fish
Eating creek, and will continue the search
until he finds his brother, dead or alive.
Mr.. Emmerson is of the opinion that his
brother had been rohbad while in st. Louis
and that the hardships he has gone through
since then has set him crazy. He offers a
reward of $50 to any one bringing the man
into Arcadia and delivering him to the mar
shall of the town.